Peter wilhelm ziegler



(No Model.)

I. W. ZIEGLER.

CLASP FOR 001mm STIPPENERS.

No. 269,367. Patented D'e0.19, 1882.

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' cued by a iivet, thread, or otherwise to the UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER VVILHELM ZIEGLER, OF CANNSTADT, WURTEMBERG, GERMANY.

CLASP FOR CORSET-STIFFENERS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 269,867, dated December 19, 1882.

Application filed August 15, 15382.- (No model.) Patented in Germany September 27, 1881. No. 18.164, and in Austria-Hungary March 1!), 1882, No. 41,861 and No. 9,657. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER WILHELM ZIEG- LEE, of Uannstadt, Wiirtemberg, in the Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps for (Jorset- Stifl'eners, of which the following is a specification.

Steel springs, when used as stays for corsets in the u'sual manner, have the disadvantage that the pockets which inclose the stays, especially their lower part, are soon chafed or cut through in consequence of the continual friction with the edges ot the steel springs, caused by the movement of the body of the wearer, and thiscircumstance has been the reason that such springs did not come into general use for this purpose. To remedy this defect l have invented the following, improvement, which consists in providing the springs to be used for stay s with longitudinal slits or openings at or near their upper ends, and inserting into said slits pr openings at small button or stud, which forms part ot'a small plate that is fastupper part of the corset, at or near the end of the pockets, into which the springs are loosely inserted. The small stud or button plates are fastened in such manner to the corset that they will permit their respective stays alimited up and downward motion, but still so retain them that their buttons or studs cannot become disengaged from the slits or holes in the stays, unless this is done byhand in order to remove a stay. The stay thus adjusted is entirely supported by and suspended, as it were, from the button or stud of the fixed plate, and thus can neither touch nor chafe the corset material at the upper or lower ends of the pockets.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 repre sents a corset with stays inserted and suspended, two of the stays being shown partly drawn out of their pockets to permit the holes or slits to be seen. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the pocket of the stay with the latter in place; and Fig. 3 the stay in two views, and its button or stud plate.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The springs or stays a are provided at their upper ends with slits or holes b, and are inserted into the pockets 0, with a suitable number of which the corset is provided. The stud or button plates dare, by rivets. th read, or otherwise, fastened to the material of the corset at or near the upper ends of the pockets 0. The holes b of the stays are passed over the buttons of the plates (1, and thus suspended, the whole operating in the manner above set forth.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A corset having pockets 0, provided near their upper ends with plates and buttons d, in combination with flexible stays a, provided with button-holes 12, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presenceot'two witnesses, thiso'th day ot'July, 18:52.

PETER WILHELM ZlEGLElt.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH HILL, OSCAR J. Ross. 

